“In cities that are more walkable, everyone tends to take more daily steps, whether male or female, young or old, healthy weight or obese,” Hicks said.
Interesting
I aim for 7000 a day on my Fitbit
Canada is only marginally higher than the US
I would say outside of downtown Toronto or Montreal, Canada is definitely not walkable.
no?
why would you say that?
The rural areas are definitely not walkable and in smaller cities and suburbs things are still so spread out walking is not really viable. If you leave downtown Montreal or the inner suburbs, things become unwalkable very fast.
I'd say there's a whole lot of rural Canadians who would disagree with you.
I've watched a ton of TimberGiantBigfoot videos where he is walking out in the woods. :shrug:
If in town it is walkable as the town will be compact. Farm rural walking to town would take hours.
Some newer suburbs are making walking easier to corner stores. But to walk to the nearest large grocery store is a 30 minutes fast walk. At minus 20 or 30 walking becomes very unpleasant
I'd say there's a whole lot of rural Canadians who would disagree with you.
I've watched a ton of TimberGiantBigfoot videos where he is walking out in the woods. :shrug:
This is interesting because according to this Stanford study the people who walk the least are southeast Asians. Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia are 3 of the bottom 4 of who walks the most. I find this hard to believe. I see people walking everywhere in those countries.
And the world's laziest countries are ...
---findings of a study by Stanford University researchers using step-counters installed in most smartphones to track the walking activity of about 700,000 people in 46 countries around the world.---
This is interesting because according to this Stanford study the people who walk the least are southeast Asians. Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia are 3 of the bottom 4 of who walks the most. I find this hard to believe. I see people walking everywhere in those countries.
The article is novel to look over but the study is either saying that how much you walk must not be very relative to how fit people are or the study is flawed. I am going to go with the study is flawed.
Having been to those countries its not surprising that people dont walk much over there- its insanely hot and humid! I remember my first time in Bangkok, the moment I stepped out of the hotel the waves of heat hit me like a microwave oven.
I dont think the term lazy ought to be applied since people stay indoors when living in humid climes. They dont walk for a reason.
The rural areas are definitely not walkable and in smaller cities and suburbs things are still so spread out walking is not really viable. If you leave downtown Montreal or the inner suburbs, things become unwalkable very fast.
The only people who have step counters in the southeast Asia counties are the tech guys.
Having been to those countries its not surprising that people dont walk much over there- its insanely hot and humid! I remember my first time in Bangkok, the moment I stepped out of the hotel the waves of heat hit me like a microwave oven.
I dont think the term lazy ought to be applied since people stay indoors when living in humid climes. They dont walk for a reason.
I would say the US is the laziest ........
I'd say there's a whole lot of rural Canadians who would disagree with you.
I've watched a ton of TimberGiantBigfoot videos where he is walking out in the woods. :shrug:
Does he have a cell phone?
I'd say there's a whole lot of rural Canadians who would disagree with you.
I've watched a ton of TimberGiantBigfoot videos where he is walking out in the woods. :shrug:
The rural areas are definitely not walkable and in smaller cities and suburbs things are still so spread out walking is not really viable. If you leave downtown Montreal or the inner suburbs, things become unwalkable very fast.
I'm about as rural as you can get and stay on the grid, and I walk a lot more here than I would in any city. Dodging the crowds, stopping every block, gasping in the exhaust fumes, no thanks. I'm about six klicks from the store and I'll walk it in good weather (but I'll probably accept the offer of a ride on the way home!).
I disagree. I'm rural and I walk a lot more here than I would in any city. I've been away from the rat race for I forget how long and when I go back there I stay off the sidewalks as much as I can. It's crowded, noisy, smells bad and the whole scene makes me anxious.
I'm with you 100%. Lived in the GTA for years, but was born and raised in the country...so glad to be back in it. And yes, it is wonderful to hike, but not practical for much more than pleasure...living in the country means my commute is a 45 minute car ride. No bus option to even get close to work with to then walk the rest of the way...thankfully we have a lot of great trails to get exercise on nearby...with can of bear repellent, of course...hehe
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